#age

At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion. ↗

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

#because #bottom #bravery #courage #cowardice

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#brute #experience #instinct #instructed #minds

Everybody has to write out of rage sometimes. ↗

— Amy Clampitt

#out #rage #sometimes #write

The most heroic word in all languages is revolution. ↗

— Eugene V. Debs

#languages #most #revolution #word

As an athlete, there are advantages being with a team and getting regular physio. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#athlete #being #getting #regular #team

It is normal for me to wake and find myself writing in the dark... or to be out of my tomb, caught in an unearthly world, alive with the images that haunt me. ↗

— Kim Elizabeth

#caught #dark #find #haunt #images

Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them. ↗

— Eliza Farnham

#arts #being #each #embellish #found

All the world's a stage, and all the clergymen critics. ↗

— Gregory Nunn

#critics #stage #world

Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work. ↗

— Joshua Reynolds

#employed #end #instrument #language #means

It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#heritage #honor #leave #take #you